Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli (Italian pronunciation: is an Italian choreographer, dancer, and TV personality who has appeared as a judge on the British television dance competition Strictly Come Dancing and its American adaptation Dancing with the Stars on ABC TV in the US. Tonioli co-created and appeared on the BBC talent show DanceX and its American adaptation, Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionReality Star
Date of Birth25 November 1955
CityFerrara, Italy
CountryItaly
I just like to take my time, have a cup of tea and read the paper. I don't like starting the day in a panic.
I've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.
In America they like my spicy TV alter ego, probably because there were a lot of Italians and Hispanics in the country, but the real L.A. life is a hard-working one.
Before a long-haul flight, buy yourself a cheap, big, comfortable pillow. It makes a huge difference.
I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.
When I visit a country, I like to experience local food.
When I was 10, I knew there was something different about me. Everyone was football-mad, but I just wanted to watch musicals and see art.
I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.
In reality, nobody gets successful in America by being lazy.
I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house.
I love reading. I'm very much into history, novels, biographies and I have a wide range of thrillers.
I started dancing before I could talk. Other babies learn to stand and then walk - I just danced.
When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.
I've done everything. I've sung, done records, plays... It just so happened my first professional job was as a dancer. I've done the whole shebang, darling. But dancing was my first professional engagement in 1974. I got paid for it, so that was it, my vocation. But my parents weren't keen. They wanted me to be an accountant in Italy. Or a lawyer. They were furious. I had to run away. I had to leave the country.